![]() I was 37, and although I’d had headaches all my life, I’d never experienced this sickening brand of violent roller coaster. ![]() A wise soul on board the boat advised me it was a migraine with aura, and I alternated between vomiting and taking way too many painkillers. The visual blockage took about 20 minutes to fully pass. I thought it might be the bends and I signalled to my dive buddy to ascend to the surface. I also couldn’t think, and I wouldn’t have been able to get words out, either – not that that was an option while breathing from a tank. Sparkles took over one side of my vision, like one of those kaleidoscope toys you had as a kid, and I realised I couldn’t see properly. ![]() The first time I ever got a migraine with aura I was 26m deep, scuba diving on the HMNZS Canterbury wreck in Deep Water Cove, Northland. Tramper-migraineur Hazel Phillips ponders how to deal with losing her vision from aura while in the wilderness.
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